False Verdict
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One obviously opposed to the principles of right and justice. The false verdict of jurors, whether occasioned by embracery or not, was anciently considered as criminal, and, therefore, exemplarily punished by attaint, but by 6 Geo. IV. c. 50 the writ of attaint was wholly abolished and superseded by the practice of setting aside the first verdict and granting new trials; 3 Bla. Com. 402.